Rock a by lady practice sheet

The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby Street

·        Answer the following:

1.     Quote the lines that tell us how the Rock-a-by Lady enters children’s homes.

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2.     When will the Rock-a-by Lady give you a poppy?

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3.     What do the dollies do in the dreams?

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·        Fill in the blanks:

1. The Rock-a-by Lady ______ into children’s homes.

2.  The Rock-a-by Lady brings poppies to _______ children.

3.  Laughing ______ peep out of the dreams.

4.     ‘And dollies peep out of those wee little dreams’ is an example of a________(figures of speech) because dreams are indirectly compared to windows.

5.      Another word from the poem that means the same as ‘tired’ is _______